Union suit.



S. L. HEACOGK.

UNION SUIT.

APPLIUATION FILED 11110.29, 1909.

Patented Oct. 18, 90.

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entraran seawater onsien-- srntvenr Lenin nnnooon, or srnmerintn, nnnnesnei UNION SUIT.

Specic'ation ofLetters Patent.

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, Application tiled December 29, 1909. Serial No. 535,45.

v tionprovided with a tab or strap' arranged line Qf-ZofF-ig. 1.

extend into a slit or hand-opening formed 1n' the' side of the garment, Where it is detaohably secured.

Reference is to be hadl to the laccompanying drawings ormin a part of this speci-- cation, in which sim' ar characters of reference" indicate corresponding parts in bot-h views.

Figure 1 is a rear view oir' a union suit applied to the bod and embodying my improveniente; 4and, g. 2 is a cross-section through the rear portion ofthe same on the My y improvement is. applicable tov any 'form of union suit 5, and comprises lapping portions or apls 6 6, closing the seat or the garment, t e laps being stitohed'together at the top, as indicated at 7 and each Widening out toward its tenter, Where the outer ap is detachably secured to the garment to ret-ain the it p in closedposition, by a suitable fastening, such as a button#y hole formed in the flap and engaging over a buttonfS sevvedl to .the garment. At that side of the garment to which the inner lapping portion or iiap extends is provided an openingl or slit '9 extendingA approximately longitudinally,`and of such length that the hand can be readily inserted. To the outer edge of this slitor opening is secured a fiap 10 which extends tothe inside of the garment. To the ed e of the inner lapping portion' or. flap 6, a out midway its length, is attached a strap or tab of any suitable material, .ordinarily in .the naturekof an elastic tape 11, .the tapebeing arranged to extend through the yhand"-opening or slit 9Where it is det'achably securedy to a button orV other suitable tastenin 12. in opening the backl of the garment, oth the fastening securing the outer iap and the fastening securing the inner iap are easily accessible and the flaps readily re eased, the inner iap being drawn to the opposite side ofthe garment. In closing the garment, the strap or'tab of the inner Hap is grasped hy passi the hand into the slit or opening 9, an drawn outwardly and secured by the fastening, pulling with fit and.- stretching" smooth to the body, the inner Hap; Any strain on the seat tending to separate the' flaps is taken care of b the elastic strap.

Having thus desori ed my invention, I claim as new' and desire to secure by Letters Patent: i

A union suit having inner and outerlap ping flaps closing the seat, the flaps being stitched together at the top and'each Hap widening-out toward the center, a fasteningl said arment toward which the inner Hap exten s being provided With a longitudinal slit forming an openin for the insertion of the hand, a ap secure tothe outer edge of the said slit or opening and extending to the inside of the-.'garinent, andy an elastic strap secured to the edge ofA the inner fone of -said first mentioned iaps 'aboutmidway of its zlength, the said strap extending 'at the inside of the garment at the back portion tl1creof.and adapted to. be grasped. and' drawn through thehand opening or slit in the garment to stretoh the said inner Hap smooth to the body, and a fastening device for detachably securingl saidelastic .strap to.

the outer side ,of the flap atpsaid slit or' opening,

In testimony whereof` l 'have signed. my- `naine'to this. speciiication in the, presence of- -tWo snbscribmg Witnesses.

Witnessesz W. :0. POST, A. E. DUNN'. 

